Recipe For Old Fashioned Rock Candy

Jul 24 2016 explore lori hammock reagan s board old fashioned rock candy on pinterest.

Recipe for old fashioned rock candy. It is a good recipe and does make a lot of candy. I made this old fashioned cinnamon rock candy last year. Crystallized rock candy was one of queen elizabeth the first s favorite sweetmeats.

Substitute fruit juice for liquid or possibly add in flavored extract and desired food coloring. Dissolve loaf or granulated sugar in water so as to make a thin syrup suspend either linen or cotton strings in the liquid and let them stand undisturbed in a warm place. In a large saucepan cook all above ingredients quickly without stirring to 290f.

Stir only to mix. Makes 9 medium apples. Set one pan of candy over a sauce pan containing hot water unless you have a helper to help cut the candy.

As soon as the other pan of candy is cool enough to handle cut it with scissors into 1 inch strips. Add flavoring and desired food color. Pour quickly into a grease square pan.

Dip apple at once. Add food colorings and flavorings. Pour into prepared dish let cool then break into pieces.

To make candied apple use same recipe as rock candy but put few drops of red food coloring. See more ideas about homemade candies candy recipes hard candy. Some of my favorite flavoring options are wintergreen banana grape cherry and maple but you could use anything you like.